War, Government and Aristocracy in the British Isles, c. 1150-1500: Essays in Honour of Michael Prestwich

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Crown-magnate relations, the Anglo-Scottish, Anglo-French and Anglo-Irish wars, national and local finance and administration and the nature of late medieval kingship are among the principal themes explored in this volume, along with aristocratic consumption, historical writing, chivalric culture and a review of recent work on crusading history. All newly commissioned from distinguished scholars, they shed new light on late medieval British political, military and governmental history. Cover Contents List of Contributors Introduction Abbreviations Nicholas Vincent. Did Henry II Have a Policy Towards the Earls? David Carpenter. The Career of Godfrey of Crowcombe: Household Knight of King John and Steward of King Henry III M. L. Holford. Under-Sheriffs, The State and Local Society c. 1300–1340: A Preliminary Survey Archie Duncan. Revisiting Norham, May–June 1291 Matthew Strickland. Treason, Feud and the Growth of State Violence: Edward I and the "War of the Earl of Carrick", 1306–7 Björn Weiler. The "Commendatio Lamentabilis" for Edward I and Plantagenet Kingship Robin Frame. Historians, Aristocrats and Plantagenet Ireland, 1200–1360 Andy King. War and Peace: A Knight's Tale. The Ethics of War in Sir Thomas Gray’s "Scalacronica" W. Mark Ormrod. The King's Secrets: Richard de Bury and the Monarchy of Edward III G. L. Harriss. Budgeting at the Medieval Exchequer Norman Housley. Recent Scholarship on Crusading and Medieval Warfare, 1095–1291: Convergence and Divergence Anne Curry. The Military Ordinances of Henry V: Texts and Contexts Maurice Keen. Chivalry and English Kingship in the Later Middle Ages Wendy R. Childs. Cloth of Gold and Gold Thread: Luxury Imports to England in the Fourteenth Century Bibliography of the Writings of Michael Prestwich Index Tabula Gratulatoria